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File 1450/1919 ‘Mesopotamia & Kurdistan: Geological Reports on’ [81r] (176/522)
The record is made up of 1 volume (244 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1917-26 Jun 1922. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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l lie Qaiyarah
the purpose ot correlation; Limestone
it a thick limestone of tjpe “h’' has been m " h 'ri ai> u lcai aistric t ^ u persistenr
succession a group oflimestones of* tvnp “o”)! 1 ', ‘ 16 Mlsl >ra c l limestone" and lower in
T i . , . ottype a have been named “Araij Group of limestones”.
ihe general tendenrv nf i; • , .
the
mi rfai , , , ~ c 1 aamea Araij Group of limestones”.
The geneial tendency of the limestone ic f ■ , • • /
decrease in the same direction. At Fathnh ° lnciease u ] thickness to the north and the marls
will be examined in detail shortly. 4 16 lowest b eds of this series yet seen crop out and
, Upper Pars.
Throughout the district the beds of .
by thick beds of friable greenish sandstone r USUal type l red mar ls and sandstones succeeded
complete conformity between the two series yPSUm ° nIy occurs as veil ^- There seems to be
Seepages, Sulphur, etc.
Man^ seepages of oil or bitumen ocmr in fLo j- j. ■ , ,,
of Qaiyarah and Fathah ; others occur at la h i I ‘ tr . lct ' th ® mc f 4 * important of which are those
Hammam Ali. In many cases they nnnear adfh ‘ t' :Un,a '; Hadhra, in the Jabal Sinn Mishraq and
but are not at any definite horizon outcro P of oil-soaked bed, usually a limestone.
The ho&^^rTtit^th^t 311 th6 Seepages and occur in mf my other places.
degF. ' ‘ th whlch bltum eo is associated have a temperature of 115
General Geological Structure.
N. W F —S.^RLend^ Tim form S the^mun^ a ? ticli “f s , and b Tnalmes all of which have a general
the hills and the synclines the low mrmnd 18 T epend ?, n ^ oa t ^ le structure, the anticlines forming
anticlines and Upper Pars occupy the synclines. ° Wei ai S bedS aiC exposecl bv d enudation in the
The stiucture has resulted from a thrust from M rr r 11 • .
limb is steeper than the N E limb but o’’ SOLldieri1 anticlines the S. W.
tendency for the N. E. limb to be steeper * northern olies are more symmetrical, with a slight
or E In N. h E.—W 6 * * * * ^ w'^ax^'^Tlime 11 -we is . some f videnc e of another system of folds on a E. W.
detail. • < • •• eit aie six well defined anticlinal areas, which are described in
GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE ANTICLINAL AREAS AND PROSPECTS.
(l) Jabal Hamrin and Jaba Makhul.
These hills form a long anticlinal ridge running about 100 miles armss rnnntnr • .•
“li^^SprrVanXN'E 1 ^^^ Th «
Prospects :—
antichne anTthe elisiln earin f g bet ! S as . indicated h 5’ th e seepages at Fathah, the form of the
of whfch stem proving ,naX,ma ^ favOUrab,e territo ^ in certain parts
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(2) Jabal Khanuoah.
wnrliril 18 i TB e 1 UI f• f arallel Wlth tlle Makhul anticline and is separated from it by a narrow
und O L crB The ^ ' nore gently folded and has two crest maxima—one in the Humr Hills
Oalat-abBint ° ne m ^ J * Khanuqah - Some faulting may have occurred on the S. W. flank near
Prospects ::—
The prospects of obtaining production are similar to those of the J. Hamrin and Makhul.
(3) The Huwaish Anticline.
This is the name given to a new anticline, which we have found between the Khanuoah
anticline and Qaiyarah. The upper beds of the Lower Pars crop out in the form of an antic!in
with ax,s N. W.-S. E. plunging to the S. E. and probably to the N. W. and forming Lr e“ed
Prospects :—
ji • ° n tbe supposition that the oil-bearing beds of Qaiyarah, seven miles distant, will continue into
be considered favourable V structure is present, the prospects of this anticline may
(4) Qaiyarah Najmah and Yawan Anticline.
See Geological Report No. 1. The Qaiyarah anticlinal axis rises to another crest maximum
at J. Najtnah and continues still further N. W. to J. Yawan, where it rises again The anticline is
symmetrical. ' ^mieune is
Prospects :—
The prospects of the Qaiyarah area have already been dealt with. With regard to J Naimah
in view of the domal structure and the existence of a seepage there, the prospects may be considered
as similar to those of Qaiyarah. } considered
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and maps and geological drawings, regarding the geological examination of regions in Mesopotamia and the prospect of petroleum [oil] in these areas.
Included in the volume are the following reports:
- ‘MESOPOTAMIA GEOLOGICAL REPORTS No. 7-11’ (‘No. 7’ is crossed out and replaced with ‘No. 8’), 1920 (ff 9-22)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL REPORT (Mesopotamia) No. 7 NOTES ON THE UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES OF NORTHEN MESOPOTAMIA’, 1920 (ff 25-31)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL REPORT (Mesopotamia) No. 6 NOTES ON ZAKHO AND DOHUK [Duhok]’, 1920 (ff 41-44)
- ‘MESOPOTAMIA GEOLOGICAL REPORT 1919’, 1920 (ff 57-109)
- ‘REPORT OF THE BITUMINOUS DEPOSIT NEAR KIFRI’, 1919 (f 114)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL REPORT (Mesopotamia) No 5. THE KIFRI DISTRICT’ (ff 115-116)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL REPORT (Mesopotamia) No 4. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT ON THE COUNTRY ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE RIVER TIGRIS BETWEEN BAIJI AND MOSUL’, 1919 (ff 122-129)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL REPORT (Mesopotamia) No 3. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT ON THE EUPHRATES VALLEY BETWEEN HILLAH AND HIT’, 1919 (ff 131-143)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL REPORT (Mesopotamia) No 2. PRELIMINARY NOTES ON THE JABAL HAMRIN’, 1919 (f 143)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL REPORT (Mesopotamia) No 1 ON THE DISTRICT OF QAIYARAH [Al Qayyarah]’, 1919 (ff 146-151)
- ‘APPENDIX. Translation of a Captured Document. Report of a Tour to the Coal Area and Petroleum Springs in the Zone of the Sixth L. of C. Inspectorate’, 1919 (ff 156-158)
- ‘No 13. Notes on the Jabal Gilabat [Qilabat] between Chinchal-al-Kabir and Qarah Tappah’, 1919 (f 164)
- ‘No 14. Notes on the Jabal Hamrin between Qarah Tappah and Table Mountain’, 1919 (ff 164v-167)
- ‘No. 10. Notes on the Geology of the Country between Tazah Khurmatu and Tauq [Tukhama Khulu]’, 1919 (ff 182-185)
- ‘REPORTS ON THE PROSPECTS OF PETROLEUM IN THE BAGHDAD WILAYAT [Vilayet]’, 1918 (ff 187-201)
- ‘Report No 9. Oil in the Kirkuk Anticline’, 1919 (ff 204-205)
- ‘No 3. Report on the Prospects of Obtaining Oil in the Jab-al-Khanuqah, S.E. of Sharqat [Ash Sharqat]’, 1918 (f 207)
- ‘No 4. Prospects of Obtaining Oil in the Jab-al-Qaiyarah and its continuation, the Jab-al-Najmah’, 1919 (ff 208-209)
- ‘No 5. Possibilities of Obtaining Oil in the Jab-al-Mishrak [Al Mishraq] and Country West of Hammam Ali [Hammam al Ali]’, 1919 (ff 210-211)
- ‘No 6. The Country between Mosul and Quwair [Al Kuwayr] on the Greater Zab, and its Prospects as Oil-producing Territory’, 1919 (ff 211v-212)
- ‘Report No 7. Sulphur near the Confluence of the Greater Zab with the Tigris’, 1919 (f 213)
- ‘No 8. Prospects of Obtaining Oil in the Quwair Dome’, 1919 (ff 213-214)
- ‘Appendix to Report No. 4, on the Jab-al-Qaiyarah Oil-field’, 1919 (f 214v)
- ‘Report on the prospects of obtaining Oil in the Jabal-Hamrin and Jabal- Makhul between Tikrit and Sharqat’, 1918 (ff 217-218)
- ‘Odd Notes on the Country between Tikrit and the Jabal-Hamrin and Jabal Makhul’, 1918 (ff 219-220)
- ‘PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE PROSPECTS OF PETROLEUM IN THE BAGHDAD WILAYAT’, 1918 (ff 233-236).
Also included in the volume are the following maps and geological drawings:
- ‘TO ACCOMPANY GEOLOGICAL REPORT MESOPOTAMIA No 8’, 1920 (f 20)
- ‘To ACCOMPANY GEOLOGICAL REPORT MESOPOTAMIA No 8 ON THE SULAIMANIYAH DISTRICT’, 1920 (f 21)
- ‘TO ACCOMPANY GEOLOGICAL REPORT MESOPOTAMIA No: 7a. THE WATER RESOURCES OF THE MANDALI-BADRAH DISTRICT’, 1920 (f 30)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL REPORT (MESOPOTAMIA) No 7 NOTES ON THE UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA’, 1920 (f 31)
- ‘TO ACCOMPANY GEOLOGICAL REPORT No 6’, 1920 (f 44)
- ‘TRANSVERSE SECTION. JABAL HAMRIN’ (f 88)
- ‘Diagrammatic Section across Jabal Hamrine [Hamrin] in the Table mountain area, shewing [showing] relationship of Pos Tertray [Post-Tertiary] Gravel to the Tertainis [Tertiaries]’ (f 168)
- ‘Red Clay & Sandstone Series Transverse section across Jabal Gilbat’ (f 169)
- ‘QĀRAH TAPPAH’, 1918 (f 170)
- ‘CHINCHĀL-TALISHĀN’, 1918 (f 172)
- ‘SHAHRABĀN’, 1917 (f 174)
- ‘MANSURĪYAH AL JABAL’, 1918 (f 176)
- ‘1 Diagrammatic Section N[orth]. of the Tuz Khurmatu’ (f 183)
- ‘2 Diagrammatic Section oposite [ sic ] Sulaiman Beg, just N[orth]. of the stream’ (f 183)
- ‘3 Diagrammatic Section oposite [ sic ] Sulaiman Beg just S[outh]. of the Stream’ (f 183v)
- ‘Transverse Section across Jabal Nasaz near Gil’ (f 185)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL MAP OF NAFT KHANA DISTRICT OF MESOPOTAMIA’ (f 198)
- ‘THE PETROLEUM DEPOSITS OF HIT’ (f 199)
- ‘GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN N.E. MESOPOTAMIA’ (f 200)
- ‘SECTION FROM SHAHRABAN TO CHAH SURKH [Chiya Surkh]’ (f 201)
- Transverse Section Maps of Jabal Hamrin and Jabal Makhul (f 220).
The volume comprises internal correspondence between British officials of different departments. The principal correspondents are: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Under-Secretary of State, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Baghdad; officers of the Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau; and officers from the Petroleum Department.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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